Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley

Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley
Born Rachel Attituq Qitsualik
Nunavut
Occupation writer
Nationality Canadian
Genre young adult literature
Notable works Skraelings
Spouse Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley

Rachel Attituq Qitsualik-Tinsley is a Canadian writer. She was a winner of the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature in 2015 for Skraelings, which she cowrote with her husband Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley.[1] The book was also a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2014 Governor General's Awards.[2]

The duo also cowrote the 2008 book Qanuq Pinngurnirmata, a volume of Inuit mythology. The book was reissued in 2015 as How Things Came to Be: Inuit Stories of Creation.[3]

She works as an Inuktitut language translator, and has written both non-fiction and short stories about Inuit culture.[4]

In 2017, she ran as a candidate in the Nunavut territorial election for the electoral district of Quttiktuq.[5] Qitsualik-Tinsley finished in last place in her riding, with 0 votes.[6]

Publications[7]

Year Title Author Illustrator
2011 The Shadows that Rush Past Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley Emily Fiegenschuh and Larry MacDougall
2011 Ajjiit Sean and Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley Andrew Trabbold
2012 Under the Ice Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley Jae Korim, Art Direction by Babah Kalluk
2013 The Raven and the Loon Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Kim Smith
2014 Skraelings Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Andrew Trabbold
2014 The Walrus Who Escaped Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Anthony Brennan
2014 Tuniit: Mysterious Folk of the Arctic Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Sean Bigham
2015 How Things Came To Be Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Emily Fiegenschuh and Patricia Ann Lewis-MacDougall
2015 Stories of Survival and Revenge: From Inuit Folklore Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Jeremy Mohler
2017 Why the Monster Sean and Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley Toma Feizo Gas

References

  1. ↑ "Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley win 2015 Burt Award". Quill & Quire, October 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Winnipeg authors up for GG awards". Winnipeg Free Press, October 8, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Inuit culture comes alive". Guelph Mercury, August 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Taming the unfrozen North; When global warming melts the Arctic ice, look to the Inuit to adapt and survive, just as their ancestors did". Toronto Star, August 31, 2006.
  5. ↑ "72 candidates declare for Nunavut election as nomination period closes". CBC News, September 28, 2017.
  6. ↑ https://www.elections.nu.ca/en/election/1421/constituency/965
  7. ↑ "Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley". inhabitmedia.com. Retrieved 2018-03-07.



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